Anti-police madness metastasizes as SF mayor plans to send in social workers in their place

Aerican Thinker ^ | 6/15/2020 | Thomas Lifson

[cradle of freedom]

So true. This is the problem of too many people who live in a sterile ivory tower environment.

[escapefromboston]

I feel like there will be a lot of turn over on this job

[cradle of freedom]

Democrats live in dream land which is exacerbated by an uber arrogance that convinces them that they know everything.

[ronnie raygun]

Vigilante-ism will be the new wave

[Falconspeed]

“...to settle disputes between neighbors.”

Domestic violence calls are most dangerous for police officers. Social workers will get slaughtered.

[cradle of freedom]

Liberals need police to clean up their messes and then they turn on them and blame them for everything.

[sauropod]

Gotta lay in the popcorn.

[Lockbox]

Do social workers lives matter?

[DannyTN]

This is brilliant!!!

Sure we could have punished them in a traditional manner:

• Rubber bullet to the eye
• Teargas
• Fire hose
• Water boarding
• Knocking them over by ramming police vans into their barricades NYC style
• Arresting them so they sit in a COVID infested holding cell for 2 hours before they walk.
• Forcing them to trust a public defender or pony up money for a defense lawyer.

But sending Social Workers at them!!! This is psychological nightmare they are ill prepared for.

[dp0622]

lol

Well, to be fair, if they have to listen to the social workers speak for several hours...they’d probably rather get hit with a baton :)

[Fedora]

Chesa Boudin, son of jailed Weathermen radicals, is new San Francisco DA

[NewHampshireDuo]

Maybe it’s me but I really can’t take someone named London Breed seriously. (Sigh)

Perhaps it's too close to London Broil.

[discostu]

Actually there’s a significant percentage of calls that should be social workers not cops. Cops job is to arrest people. When all you send is a hammer, shouldn’t be surprised when things get nailed. Welfare checks, homeless people, these really are better handled by somebody with a different career goal.

[Marchmain]

Most social workers are white...

[mass55th]

LOL!! I hope their Union has a lot of money in their funeral fund, and I hope the government has money in the pension fund to hand over to the survivors. If you die while working for the government, your widow/widower gets a specific sum of money based on how many years you worked, as part of your pension plan.

[DoodleDawg]

San Francisco police will no longer be called to settle disputes between neighbors, or to handle homeless people, or any non-criminal cases, according to a new plan announced by Mayor London Breed.

If it's a non-criminal case then why are the police involved in the first place?

[mass55th]

"Social workers will get hurt because their theory cannot handle the violence/reality."

They'll probably end up committing suicide...too much pressure. Most of them claim they're overwhelmed with the caseloads they've got. Throw this at them, and they'll be cringing in the corners.

[manc]

so there is a neighbor dispute.The social worker comes and how do they enforce the law then?

[manc]

neighbor disputes around here are sometimes with the guy standing outside your house with a gun

[mrsmith]

Actually, I find this idea intriguing. Some police work, now that there are laws about everything(!) is more suited to “social workers”.

I bet it’s a disaatrous mess though.